Salt Shaker vs Wordfence Security

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Health A88

Health A95

Active-install trajectory

Salt Shaker moved up one install band, 6K+ to 7K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Salt Shaker	Wordfence Security
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	7K–8K	5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+17% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 88	A · 95 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	89/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	27	5,043 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	15d ago ✓	1mo ago
Downloads · 30d	7.8K	1.5M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.8% ✓	1.2%
Category	Security	Security

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Salt ShakerWordfence Security

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.